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Orestes at Delphi flanked by Athena and Pylades among the Erinyes and priestesses of the oracle, perhaps including Pythia behind the tripod – Paestan red-figured bell-krater, c. 330 BC. In Greek mythology, Orestes or Orestis (/ ɒ ˈ r ɛ s t iː z /; Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστης [oréstɛːs]) was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and ...
Euripides, Orestes, Oxford, MS. Barocci 120, fol. 32r (early 14th century) Aeschylus' play Eumenides, the third part of his surviving Oresteia trilogy, enshrines the trial and acquittal of Orestes within the foundation of Athens itself, as a moment when legal deliberation surpassed blood vengeance as a means of resolution.
Orestes, son of river god Achelous and princess Perimede, daughter of King Aeolus of Thessaly. He was the brother of Hippodamas. [3] Orestes, a Greek warrior slain by Hector and Ares during the Trojan War. [4] Orestes, a Trojan soldier who attacked the Achaean wall together with Asius and was killed by Leonteus, a Lapith leader. [5]
Orestes [1] (died 28 August 476) [1] was a Roman general and politician of Pannonian ancestry. He joined the court of Attila the Hun in his native Pannonia, in which he reached a high position, becoming one of Attila's most trusted men. Orestes also held considerable influence in the late Western Roman Empire.
Orestes or Orestis (Greek: Ορέστης) is a Greek name meaning ' mountain dweller '. [ 1 ] Orestes in Greek mythology is the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon , brother of Electra and Iphigenia .
Orestes (Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστης, Oréstēs), was king of Macedonia and son of Archelaus I [3] [4] He reigned from 400/399 to 398/7 BC, when his guardian (epitropos) [b] and uncle, Aeropus II, killed or deposed him.
Orestes Augustus Brownson (September 16, 1803 – April 17, 1876) was an American intellectual and activist, preacher, labor organizer, and writer; a noted Catholic convert. Brownson was a publicist , a career which spanned his affiliation with the New England Transcendentalists through his subsequent conversion to Roman Catholicism.
Orestes Destrade (born May 8, 1962) is a Cuban American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees , Pittsburgh Pirates , and Florida Marlins .